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Boolean operation on n dimensional polyhedron

A polyhedron in $R^n$ is defined by a set of half-planes: $P = \{x \in R^n \mid Ax - b \le 0\}$. Given a set of polyhedra in $R^n$, $ P_1, P_2, \dotsc, P_k$, is there an algorithm/implementation that ...
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Check if a point is in the interior of the convex hull of some other points in high dimensions, and lower-bounding the largest enclosed ball [closed]

Given $m$ points $P=\{p_0, p_1, ..., p_m\}$ in high dimensions (e.g. 100), it is known that computing (or even representing) their convex hull $\text{conv}(P)$ is generally intractable due to the ...
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Reference: Packing under translation is in NP

I am looking for a reference for a result that I am aware of. Let me describe the result. Given a polygon $C$ and polygons $p_1,\ldots,p_n$, it can be decided in NP time, if $p_1,\ldots,p_n$ can be ...
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Why there isn't lexicographically smallest solution to a bounded linear program?

I am learning computational geometry when I run into this confusion. "A bounded 2D linear program may not have a lexicographically smallest solution", as the book says. I wonder why? I think we can ...
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algorithms and tools available for a particular polytope computation

Let me define each half space i as: $${H_i}:{c_i}{\bf{x}} \le {b_i}$$ The intersection of all such ${H_i}$ gives a polyhedron (bounded or not). Suppose I am interested in if ${H_i}$ is active (...
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Minimum number of rectangles in a polygon

Given a polygon and dimension $d$, find a minimum partition of rectangles that has either of its dimensions equal to $d$. Example: Consider the following diagram: I want to cover maximum shaded ...
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Efficiently Generating the Convex Hulls of Two Polytopes and Counting Faces

Suppose you have two polytopes $P_1, P_2 \in \Bbb{R}^n$ given by $$ P_1 = \lbrace x: A_1 x \le b_1\rbrace$$ $$ P_2 = \lbrace x: A_2 x \le b_2\rbrace $$ I wish to find their convex hull, that is a ...
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Is a given point in the interior of the convex hull of a given finite collection of points?

Suppose I have the convex hull $P$ of a finite collection of points in $\mathbb{R}^d,$ and I want to see whether a point $p$ is contained in $P.$ This is a standard (some would say the standard linear ...
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Checking if one polytope is contained in another

I have two sets of inequalities, say, $Ax \leq 0$ and $Bx \leq 0$. I would like to know if they both define the same polytope. Or, even, whether one is contained in the other. At the moment I am ...
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Complexity of a weirdo two-dimensional sorting problem

Please forgive me if this is easy for some reason. Suppose given $S$, a set of $n^2$ points in $\mathbb{R}^2$. I want to choose a bijective map $f$ from $S$ to the set of lattice points in $\lbrace ...
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Random Sampling a linearly constrained region in n-dimensions...

Hi, So here is my problem: Given a nonlinear, discontinous, cost function $f(x_1,x_2,..,x_N)$ along with linear constraints $x_n \ge 0, \forall n$ $x_n \le c_n$ and $\sum_{n=1}^N x_n = 1$ find an ...
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